My first 30 days

Friday marked my 30th day of working. So far everything has been going great, mostly because I love my job and I love Deegan's daycare. In the past 30 days of work I have been able to enjoy 4 really fun photoshoots, a grand opening party, $100 gift card to Albertsons, a 4 day weekend, the chance to design some really fun and cute stuff and lots of free shoes!! My job is perfect! It is exactly what I wanted, if I was going to go back to work. I have also been able to learn some new graphic design skills. That is my favorite thing about my field, is that there is so much to learn. The Adobe programs (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator) have so much to learn and I don't think I will ever learn how to do everything in them. I'm also really starting to love our product. pediped shoes are just the cutest kids shoes ever! I love seeing them on Deegan's feet and I love telling other people about the product. 

In the past 30 days Deegan has got to spend a lot of time with his daddy and with his babysitter, Christine. Kevin's work has been slow (boooo for construction), so on the days he is home, he has Deegan home with him. Kevin has really learned how to take care of Deegan and take care of a house. He has also became an excellent scrambled egg maker! I am glad they have been able to get some good bonding time together! On the days that Kevin does have work and I'm at work, Deegan goes to Christine's house. I meet Christine through my mommy group and she offered to watch Deegan. This has been the perfect fit for our family. She is a stay-at-home-mom like I was, so she kind of does everything like I did it. Deegan has adjusted to her very well. He napped 2 hours his first day there. Christine has a 14 month old daughter (she is just 3 months younger then Deegan), so Deegan gets lots of playtime with Kassandra. They now get a lot very well and are learning from each other. I couldn't be happier!

The hardest thing about being back to work is my time management. I want to spend all my time with Deegan. The days when I don't get enough "Deegan time", I get really sad. I miss my baby boy and he is growing up so quickly. The days that I don't get enough time with him, it makes me want to think about quitting work and stay home with my son. But I just remind myself that there is always tomorrow and I can get all my loves with him the next day and I am working to make our lives better. I am still struggling with trying to get everything done in the house that I want. I just run out of energy. I haven't cleaned the bathrooms in forever and I have no idea what we are eating for dinner this week. But the good thing about work is that I have had more "me time". A few days a week, during my lunch break I will go out and go shopping, get my nails done or just do something for myself. It has been nice! My boss before never gave me an hour lunch break (my lunch break was during nap time and it was like a race to get everything done)! But then there are some days that I work through my lunch or I spend my lunch break trying to make appointments or pay bills. 

So, so far my first 30 days have been good! I am really enjoying the extra money in our bank account and I am loving our family weekends!